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BM 015566 (P316893)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015566

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label of pisan-dub-ba åe-ba síg-ba géme uå-bar åà Gú-ab-ba.ki ì-gál (CBT 2))

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Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. sze-ba siki-ba
en: barley rations, wool rations,
3. geme2 usz-bar
en: of the female weavers
4. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
en: in Guabba,
rest broken
reverse
blank space
1. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul#
en: year: “Šaszrum was destroyed.”

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tag
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba Label of pisan-dub-ba åe-ba síg-ba géme uå-bar åà Gú-ab-ba.ki ì-gál (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

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history: CBT 2, BM 015566 (catalogue)

[CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 015566
Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0293

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2016-12-12 at 08:42:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2016-07-28 at 13:29:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	approved
2016-06-29 at 19:19:16	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	approved
2016-06-29 at 19:16:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2016-06-29 at 19:14:25	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2015-05-06 at 08:16:37	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2014-09-29 at 15:50:10	Heinle, Michael	Atf	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	approved
2014-08-19 at 19:41:37	Heinle, Michael	Atf	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

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“BM 015566 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316893.

BM 015566 artifact entry (No. P316893). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316893 (Original work published 2006)

BM 015566 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316893 (Accessed: February 15, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 015566 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316893},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316893},
}

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“BM 015566 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316893.

BM 015566 artifact entry (No. P316893). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316893 (Original work published 2006)

BM 015566 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316893 (Accessed: February 15, 2025).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 015566 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316893},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316893},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P316893
LB  - CDLI:P316893
M1  - 2025/2/15/
TI  - BM 015566 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P316893
ER  -

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